NFL owners to vote on allowing two players to come off injured reserve

Among the myriad of rule changes the NFL plans to implement for the 2017 season, this is one that I can certainly get behind.

Judy Battista of NFL Network reported that NFL owners plan to vote on whether to allow two players to come off injured reserve in one season. The vote will take place next week at league meetings, and is “likely to be approved.”

At league meeting next week, NFL owners will vote on proposal to allow a second player to come off IR in season. Likely to be approved.

This could have a huge effect on the Kansas City Chiefs and the rest of the NFL. By the end of the 2016 season, the Chiefs had several players on injured reserve but could only bring back one.

At the time we thought they’d bring back either running back Jamaal Charles or linebacker Justin March, although now we know that Charles returning wasn’t in the cards.

However, hypothetically under this new rule, the option to return both would have at least been available. That’s big if two important players hit IR early in the season and are eligible to return later on.

In the future, I’d like to see the NFL up the size of the rosters, preferably from 53 to 55-58, and increase the active game day rosters as well. It’d allow teams to rest players and have more available options in case of injury, plus it’d open up more jobs for players.

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